RT editorial
T1 Low back pain: advancements and challenges in its prevention and management
T2 Dolor lumbar: avances y desafíos en su prevención y manejo
A1 Segura Jiménez, Víctor
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Low back pain
K1 prevention
K1 Dolor lumbar
K1 prevención
AB Low back pain is defined as episodic pain that is localised tobetween the lower edge of the ribs and the sacral region. It is a highlyprevalent and debilitating condition that is attributed to a range of aetiologies. Approximately 80% of adults experience at least one episode oflow back pain over the course of their life, while between 10% and 40%develop a chronic form that is defined as that which persists for morethan 12 weeks. Multiple factors are linked to the development of lowback pain, including disc herniation, spinal stenosis, arthritis, ankylosingspondylitis, spondylolisthesis, cauda equina syndrome, osteoporosis,vertebral factures and even vertebral infections and tumours, amongother things. Nonetheless, no single specific cause is identified in themajority of cases and the pain is usually classified as non-specific chronicLBP or, more recently, chronic primary LBP. Recent studies have revealedthat no significant differences exist in the degenerative alterations ofthe spinal column between people with and without low back pain.In many cases, this implies that the pain cannot be clearly attributedto these structural factors. LBP currently stands as the main cause ofdisability and employee absenteeism in our country, with an economiccost estimated to stand at approximately nine billion euros per year.
PB Archivos de Medicina del Deporte
SN 0212-8799
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38047
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38047
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026